Discussion Documents

These documents are published by the LRTA Development Forum to stimulate discussion and do not necessarily represent the views of the LRTA

They have been drawn up under the auspices of the Association’s Development Forum (previously UK Development Group) and cover most issues involved in the selection of light rail and tramway systems, vehicle and infrastructure, design and technology choices and considerations, operational practices and experience and other issues of interest to those campaigning for improved public transport or in environmental or urban planning issues related to transport.

The LRTA and/or the Author reserves the copyright in respect of the Discussion Documents on this website. Prints may be taken and reproduced provided acknowledgement of the source (including disclaimer) is given.

This index lists the Discussion Documents currently available. Please note that numbers 1 - 19 are only available as web pages in HTML, 20 onwards are only available as PDF files.

These Discussion Documents have previously been circulated to LRTA officers and other interested parties and may have comments attached. If you have comments about these Discussion Documents please mail to discussion@lrta.org. Your comments plus any other responses will be added to the Discussion Document (at the Webmasters discretion). This will be indicated by "+" in the "+" column. The source of the information will be indicated unless otherwise requested. Any other changes or additions will be indicated by a # mark.

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